Haunted Assassin Books | Summaries & Audio

Orphan X

by Gregg Hurwitz • 2016

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

4.14

57k+

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Orphan X 88%

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

by Gregg Hurwitz 2016

4.14

57k+ ratings

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Cold as Hell

by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

3.99

2k+

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Cold as Hell 88%

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

by Rhett C. Bruno 2022

3.99

2k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill • 2007

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

3.84

155k+

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Heart-Shaped Box 88%

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

by Joe Hill 2007

3.84

155k+ ratings

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Midnight Black

by Mark Greaney • 2025

Betrayed mid-air, a covert operative fights across Europe to rescue his handler's kidnapped family.

4.62

14k+

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Tactical Action 🇪🇺 European Setting ⏩ Relentless Pace

Midnight Black 88%

Betrayed mid-air, a covert operative fights across Europe to rescue his handler's kidnapped family.

by Mark Greaney 2025

4.62

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Tactical Action 🇪🇺 European Setting ⏩ Relentless Pace

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 88%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Of Shadow and Sea 88%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

A Dance of Death

by David Dalglish • 2011

Framed for slaughter, a vigilante hunts his dark mirror through a port city on the brink of war.

4.06

7k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin With A Conscience 🏛️ Political Conspiracy ⚔️ Human Elf Conflict 🔪 Framed For Murder

A Dance of Death 88%

Framed for slaughter, a vigilante hunts his dark mirror through a port city on the brink of war.

by David Dalglish 2011

4.06

7k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin With A Conscience 🏛️ Political Conspiracy ⚔️ Human Elf Conflict 🔪 Framed For Murder

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Nevermore 87%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts 87%

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Haunting of Leigh Harker 87%

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Robert Ludlum • 2004

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

4.08

68k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 🐈‍⬛ Hunter Hunted

The Bourne Ultimatum 87%

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

by Robert Ludlum 2004

4.08

68k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 🐈‍⬛ Hunter Hunted

Little Ghosts

by Gregg Dunnett • 2023

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

4.18

7k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Little Ghosts 87%

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

by Gregg Dunnett 2023

4.18

7k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Ghosts of Belfast

by Stuart Neville • 2009

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

3.93

9k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance 🏙️ Post-Conflict Belfast 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Ghosts of Belfast 87%

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

by Stuart Neville 2009

3.93

9k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance 🏙️ Post-Conflict Belfast 🕊️ Redemption Arc

A Dance of Cloaks

by David Dalglish • 2010

His father's test: kill his brother. A thief lord's son inherits a city that demands blood.

3.75

13k+

🗡️ Thief Guilds 🔪 Reluctant Assassin ⚔️ Assassin Training 🎭 Masked Vigilante 👤 Toxic Patriarch

A Dance of Cloaks 87%

His father's test: kill his brother. A thief lord's son inherits a city that demands blood.

by David Dalglish 2010

3.75

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Thief Guilds 🔪 Reluctant Assassin ⚔️ Assassin Training 🎭 Masked Vigilante 👤 Toxic Patriarch

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Ghost Story 87%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Dead Eye

by Mark Greaney • 2013

After killing a Russian mobster, a rogue spy becomes the hunted, pursued by a sociopathic rival.

4.42

23k+

🎯 Assassin Vs Assassin 🕵️ Rogue Operative 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🖤 Morally Grey Spy 📡 Surveillance Thriller

Dead Eye 87%

After killing a Russian mobster, a rogue spy becomes the hunted, pursued by a sociopathic rival.

by Mark Greaney 2013

4.42

23k+ ratings

🎯 Assassin Vs Assassin 🕵️ Rogue Operative 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🖤 Morally Grey Spy 📡 Surveillance Thriller

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville • 2024

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

3.61

4k+

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Blood Like Mine 87%

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

by Stuart Neville 2024

3.61

4k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Legacy of Blood

by Richard A. Knaak • 2001

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

3.75

3k+

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Legacy of Blood 87%

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

by Richard A. Knaak 2001

3.75

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 87%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Consent to Kill

by Vince Flynn • 2005

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

4.41

53k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕊️ Choosing Mercy

Consent to Kill 87%

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

by Vince Flynn 2005

4.41

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🕊️ Choosing Mercy

The Undrowned

by K.R. Alexander • 2020

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

3.89

2k+

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Undrowned 87%

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

by K.R. Alexander 2020

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

Nevernight

by Jay Kristoff • 2016

A shadow-wielding girl enters an assassin school to kill the men who executed her father.

4.22

117k+

🗡️ Assassin Academy 🩸 Revenge Quest 🌑 Shadow Magic ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🎭 Sardonic Narrator

Nevernight 87%

A shadow-wielding girl enters an assassin school to kill the men who executed her father.

by Jay Kristoff 2016

4.22

117k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Academy 🩸 Revenge Quest 🌑 Shadow Magic ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🎭 Sardonic Narrator

Remember Me

by Christopher Pike • 2010

After a fatal fall, a teenage ghost knows she was murdered. Her killer is a friend.

4.14

10k+

🕵️ Teen Ghost Detective 👶 Switched At Birth 🕊️ Forgiveness After Death 🖤 Gothic Mystery 💕 Ghostly Love Story

Remember Me 87%

After a fatal fall, a teenage ghost knows she was murdered. Her killer is a friend.

by Christopher Pike 2010

4.14

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Ghost Detective 👶 Switched At Birth 🕊️ Forgiveness After Death 🖤 Gothic Mystery 💕 Ghostly Love Story

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 87%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

Odd Thomas 87%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

The Hit

by David Baldacci • 2013

Ordered to kill his rogue partner, a government assassin uncovers a conspiracy targeting them both.

4.18

80k+

🎯 Government Assassin 🏴 Rogue Agent 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔪 Female Assassin

The Hit 87%

Ordered to kill his rogue partner, a government assassin uncovers a conspiracy targeting them both.

by David Baldacci 2013

4.18

80k+ ratings

🎯 Government Assassin 🏴 Rogue Agent 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔪 Female Assassin

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2010

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

3.20

7k+

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

Apartment 16 87%

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

Wings of Sorrow

by Iain Rob Wright • 2015

Born to unleash magic's apocalypse, a girl is hunted by a divine killer, guarded by a demon.

3.99

414

🖤 Demon Redemption ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩸 Blood Magic 📜 Ancient Prophecy 🔪 Supernatural Assassin

Wings of Sorrow 87%

Born to unleash magic's apocalypse, a girl is hunted by a divine killer, guarded by a demon.

by Iain Rob Wright 2015

3.99

414 ratings

🖤 Demon Redemption ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 🩸 Blood Magic 📜 Ancient Prophecy 🔪 Supernatural Assassin

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Screaming Staircase 87%

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

4.04

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes 87%

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth • 2025

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

3.07

4k+

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

The Haunting of Room 904 87%

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

by Erika T. Wurth 2025

3.07

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns 87%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Shibumi

by Trevanian • 2005

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

4.17

20k+

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller 💥 Stylish Violence 🕵️ Lone Operative

Shibumi 87%

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

by Trevanian 2005

4.17

20k+ ratings

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller 💥 Stylish Violence 🕵️ Lone Operative

Ask for Andrea

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2022

Murdered by the same man, three women haunt him from the afterlife. His wife is next.

4.08

242k+

🌑 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Ghost Narrators 🔪 Serial Killer 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🚨 Mother In Peril

Ask for Andrea 87%

Murdered by the same man, three women haunt him from the afterlife. His wife is next.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022

4.08

242k+ ratings

🌑 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Ghost Narrators 🔪 Serial Killer 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🚨 Mother In Peril

The Assassin and the Empire

by Sarah J. Maas • 2012

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

4.38

65k+

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

The Assassin and the Empire 87%

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

by Sarah J. Maas 2012

4.38

65k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

A Dance of Shadows

by David Dalglish • 2012

Veldaren's vigilante cowed its thieves. A killer, a crusader, and invaders now burn it all down.

4.12

4k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🌙 Vigilante Justice 🏙️ City Of Thieves 🔀 Shifting Alliances

A Dance of Shadows 87%

Veldaren's vigilante cowed its thieves. A killer, a crusader, and invaders now burn it all down.

by David Dalglish 2012

4.12

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🌙 Vigilante Justice 🏙️ City Of Thieves 🔀 Shifting Alliances

Dear Killer

by Katherine Ewell • 2014

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

3.47

5k+

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity 🐱🐭 Cat And Mouse 🪓 Inherited Violence

Dear Killer 87%

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

by Katherine Ewell 2014

3.47

5k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity 🐱🐭 Cat And Mouse 🪓 Inherited Violence

The Target

by David Baldacci • 2014

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

4.18

66k+

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Assassin Redemption

The Target 87%

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

by David Baldacci 2014

4.18

66k+ ratings

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin 🏛️ Government Conspiracy ⚖️ Assassin Redemption

Old Country

by Matt Query • 2022

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

3.67

9k+

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country 87%

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

by Matt Query 2022

3.67

9k+ ratings

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Remember Me

by Christopher Pike • 1989

Four stories down. Now a ghost. Finding the killer is easy compared to facing her guilt.

4.03

13k+

👻 Teen Ghost Stories 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💀 Ghost Protagonist ✨ Afterlife Fiction 🕊️ Forgiveness Arc

Remember Me 87%

Four stories down. Now a ghost. Finding the killer is easy compared to facing her guilt.

by Christopher Pike 1989

4.03

13k+ ratings

👻 Teen Ghost Stories 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💀 Ghost Protagonist ✨ Afterlife Fiction 🕊️ Forgiveness Arc

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Dexter in the Dark 87%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Doctor Sleep

by Stephen King • 2013

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

4.13

304k+

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

Doctor Sleep 87%

A hospice worker protects a girl whose psychic beacon has lured a tribe of soul-eating nomads.

by Stephen King 2013

4.13

304k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Horror 🧛 Psychic Vampires 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Psychic Link 👻 Haunted Past

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

3k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Senseless 87%

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025

3.83

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Japanese Gothic

by Kylie Lee Baker • 2026

A haunted student meets a samurai's daughter through a door between centuries in a grieving house.

3.92

19k+

🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Dual Timeline 👹 Japanese Folklore ⚔️ Samurai Honor 🌫️ Dreamlike Horror

Japanese Gothic 87%

A haunted student meets a samurai's daughter through a door between centuries in a grieving house.

by Kylie Lee Baker 2026

3.92

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Dual Timeline 👹 Japanese Folklore ⚔️ Samurai Honor 🌫️ Dreamlike Horror

You Like It Darker

by Stephen King • 2024

In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.

4.17

94k+

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 👻 Supernatural Thriller 🧬 Father-Son Legacy ⚖️ Fate Vs Free Will 🚔 Wrongful Accusation

You Like It Darker 87%

In small towns and on dark roads, secrets fester, fate whispers, and the past is never really dead.

by Stephen King 2024

4.17

94k+ ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 👻 Supernatural Thriller 🧬 Father-Son Legacy ⚖️ Fate Vs Free Will 🚔 Wrongful Accusation

Horrorstör

by Grady Hendrix • 2014

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

3.65

129k+

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

Horrorstör 87%

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

by Grady Hendrix 2014

3.65

129k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 87%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2021

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

3.50

54k+

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

My Heart Is a Chainsaw 87%

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2021

3.50

54k+ ratings

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

Killers of a Certain Age

by Deanna Raybourn • 2022

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

3.85

122k+

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

Killers of a Certain Age 87%

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

by Deanna Raybourn 2022

3.85

122k+ ratings

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

The Last Man

by Vince Flynn • 2012

Mitch Rapp races to find a kidnapped spymaster whose secrets could destroy the CIA.

4.37

42k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎭 Double Agent 🌑 Shadow Operations 🗡️ Assassin Antihero

The Last Man 87%

Mitch Rapp races to find a kidnapped spymaster whose secrets could destroy the CIA.

by Vince Flynn 2012

4.37

42k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎭 Double Agent 🌑 Shadow Operations 🗡️ Assassin Antihero

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